Swamy Gyan Swarupanand no more, dies after 111 days hunger n thirst at AIIMS. Was demanding ban on illegal mining in the Ganges.

There is a very shocking news. It is very sad and unfortunate that an eminent environmentalist and the relentless fighter for preservation and protection of the ecology of the Uttarakhand himalayas whose entire life has been dedicated for the water, forests and land conservation including his relentless fight against big dams, professor GD Aggrawal aka Swamy Gyan Swarupanand has left for his heavenly abode after 111 days of fast unto death, stopping even consuming water after he was forcibly addmitted at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in view of his badly deteriorating health condition.

Professor Dr. Swami Gyan Swarupanand a highly enlightened and qualified saint on the environmental issues of Himalayas n the country , had been continuously protesting by being on fast unto death in his Haridwar Ashram Matr Shree for the last three months and 20 days against the illegal or legal mining in the pious Ganges demanding immediate ban on the illegal/ legal mining in the Ganges, construction activities around its banks, against the contruction of big dams and arbitrary felling of trees.

Unfortunately the vision less politicians and those at the helm of affairs in Uttarakhand and at the centre, including those at the helm of the environment ministry never bothered to give attention to late Swamy’s views and demands finally allowing him to die in such a precarious condition.

Prior to Swamy Gyan Swaroopanand, Swamy Nigmanand has also died out of hunger for 115 days at the mere age of 34 years during the regime of BJP on the same demands as of now, on 11th June 2011 at Jolly Grant Hospital at Rishikesh where he was forcibly lifted from the Anshan sthal due to the deterioration in his health condition.

The chief minister had been to Haridwar a few months ago in a Sant Sammelan but never bothered to visit the hungry and ailing swamy for the betterment of the ecology of the hills and maintaining the smooth flow of the Ganges.

Dr Agarwal has served as a faculty member of IIT Kanpur, was the Central Pollution Control Board Member Secretary and also a guiding force for pressurising the CPCB in taking tough action against industrial and urban polluters, and ensure that our rivers flow freely and remain healthy. He inspired thousands by his ascetic life and dedication to environmental causes.

Had the government of the day in Uttarakhand and the centre which boasts so much of protecting the interests of the saints n saffron robed swamys taken care of the demands and health of Swamy Gyan Swarupanand he would not have died after 111 days of hunger n thirst.

Such a callousness on the part of the authorities and leaders concerned for an environmentalist of eminence is something never heard of before. How can a precious life of such an enlightened environmental activist be allowed to perish due to the negligence of our political masters sitting at the helm of political and administrative dispensation is a moot question? May the Almighty give peace to his soul.